The width of the orange-red band on the center of the woolly bear caterpillar is related to its size, age and the humidity. When first hatched from an egg, the caterpillars are almost entirely black.

The woolly bear caterpillar, one of autumn’s most recognizable crawling critters, might not be the tiny winter weather forecaster that folklore would have us believe. But that doesn’t mean ...

Woolly bears, the little black and brown furry caterpillars that inch their way across sidewalks, are a common sight in September. They go by many names: woolly worms, fuzzy bears, hedgehog ...

A woolly bear caterpillar, wrapped in a warm fuzzy cloak of black and rusty-brown bands was making good time through the grass, minding its own business and steadfast in its search for winter ...

The picture above is a woolly-bear caterpillar – from Dianne Elzinga. She asked if we were in for a hard winter, since the caterpillar is pretty much all black. Legend has it that you can look ...

According to folklore, the woolly bear’s black-and-brownish stripes — a familiar sight among fallen leaves this time of year — can predict the severity of the forthcoming winter.

The woolly bear caterpillar Bayern found in central Oregon seems to be predicting a harsher winter since the orange bands were fairly narrow. Perhaps it has tapped into an upcoming La Niña ...

Do woolly bear caterpillars forecast winter weather? Woolly bears (or woolly worms in the South) have a reputation for forecasting the coming winter weather, according to the Farmer's Almanac.

But one piece of folklore stands out from all the rest, and that’s the folklore around the wooly bear caterpillar. Here’s how it supposedly works. If you find one of these in your garden, ...

Woolly bears handle winters differently than most caterpillars. Instead of spending the cold days snug in a cocoon, they curl up under leaves or logs and their bodies produce ethylene glycol, the ...

I came across this critter (above) on the walking path at the Alpine Athletic Center back in Oct. 2021. This is a woolly bear caterpillar. It has black-colored ends and a band of brown color in the… ...

(WHTM) — You may have heard that the woolly bear caterpillar can ‘predict’ whether or not we have a mild or a harsh winter. However, according to the National Weather Service (NWS… ...